Okay, this is the summary.
The cuts to the program mean that the dialogues that are the precursors to the development of strategies to combat racism cannot continue, as there is no funding to sustain them.
The cuts mean the loss of an organization that was flexible in accepting novel arguments or ideas to ensure that the marginalized have access to justice.
We have lost a forum and opportunity to identify gaps through consultation on our case development.
We have lost the locus that focuses on racialized women, including other racialized group members.
The cuts also mean that a number of issues that could have been raised and explored quickly can no longer be. For instance, the issue of reasonable accommodation in Quebec and the impact of that discourse on the racialized community would have been raised by racialized women, and probably would have been funded by the program. Other related issues may have been the discourse about wearing the niqab when voting.
I would conclude by urging that the government restore the funding to the court challenges program because of how it has benefited racialized group members.